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Grilled Chicken Souvlaki on a stick (Kotopoulo Kalamaki)

Written by Published on Updated on November 10, 2022 in Appetizers

Hi, I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.  I have this great Chicken Souvlaki or Kalamaki recipe, which actually translates into Chicken on a stick. Hmm, anyway in Greece when you go to a Soulvaki Fast Food store,  (I call it a fast food store because it’s all put together rather quickly), you can either order the usual Pork souvlaki with pita, or you can order (which I personally prefer), Pork or Chicken Kalamaki along with bread which has been dipped into lemon-oregano-salt-pepper  sauce. Yummmmmmyyyy

What I usually do is leave the chicken in the marinade sauce overnight in the refrigerator. This makes the chicken tender and absorbs all the aromas from the ingredients that have been added into it.

Ingredients:

500 grams of Chicken Breast chopped into small pieces

1 Red Bell Pepper

1 Green Pepper

1 Large Onion

1/2 cup Olive Oil

1 Lemon Juice

Oregano

Bamboo skewers

Salt

Pepper

Preparation”

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Mix all the ingredients in one bowl and leave in the fridge overnight.  The following day take one skewer at a time and start the threading process with a piece of chicken and continue with pepper, onion etc. 

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Since, my husband was at work, I decided to oven bake/grill them instead of starting up the whole bbq process.  Bake at 200 for 1/2 hour and then grill on each side for about .  :)10 minutes.

Here is a really good tip…soak the bamboo skewers in water for 4 hours….this makes it easier to thread them. 🙂

Kali Orexi!!! 🙂

 

 

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

10 Comments

  2. preppypinkpiglet
    July 4, 2017 at 2:14 pm  ·  Reply
    Yummy <3 Please send some over...lol :D
  3. Fancy Free Nancy
    July 7, 2017 at 5:16 pm  ·  Reply
    Congratulations on your amazing blog and cooking skills! Love, Nancy Bell
  4. crosscountrylifeblog
    July 18, 2017 at 6:33 pm  ·  Reply
    Shush canons are my FAVORITE! Thanks Sophie!

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